[QLab] Hotkey- Retrigger during cue

[Jason Eckenroth]

Hey hey,

So I'm trying to see if there's a way to retrigger a running cue before it's completed running- effectively, I need to hit an effect that I've mapped to a keyboard hotkey several times, and there's only so far down I can edit it without ruining the tail and only so many different hotkeys I can map it to(copy/pasting new cues) in order to trigger a seperate instance of the same file.  Is there a setting whereby I can repeatedly hit the same hotkey to trigger the same linked file while it's still running?

-Jason

[Christopher Ashworth]

Hi Jason,

One way to do this:

Create a cue list that only has a bunch of copies of the cue in it. Set one hot key for the cue list. Then, every time you hit that key you'll get that cue layered on again. Use a goto cue if you want to loop back to the top for an unlimited number of presses.

-C

(mobile)

On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Jason Eckenroth <jekel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey hey,
>
> So I'm trying to see if there's a way to retrigger a running cue before it's completed running- effectively, I need to hit an effect that I've mapped to a keyboard hotkey several times, and there's only so far down I can edit it without ruining the tail and only so many different hotkeys I can map it to(copy/pasting new cues) in order to trigger a seperate instance of the same file. Is there a setting whereby I can repeatedly hit the same hotkey to trigger the same linked file while it's still running?
>

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[Jason Eckenroth]

Awesome Possum.  Thanks, Chris!

[Jason Eckenroth]

Ooo, problem: the hotkey only triggers the first cue in the list.  If I hit go(space), I get layered triggers just like you described.  The hotkey sticks with cue number uno, though.

[Christopher Ashworth]

You'll need to set the hot key on the list itself, rather than on a cue inside the list. When you click on the cue list in the cue list drawer, you can assign it a hot key in the inspector line a normal cue.

This will mean the hot key is equivalent to pressing the GO button for that list.

Cheers,
C

(mobile)

On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Jason Eckenroth <jekel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ooo, problem: the hotkey only triggers the first cue in the list. If I hit go(space), I get layered triggers just like you described. The hotkey sticks with cue number uno, though.
>

[Jason Eckenroth]

That's what I'm saying- in this case I used the "." key, set to the list.  The individual cues do not have hotkey triggers.  When I hit ".", the first cue in the list fires.  If I hit "." again, it triggers only the first cue in the list a second time, subject to the same issues I was experiencing before.  I'm going to try reloading the program.

[Jason Eckenroth]

No luck, I thought maybe it was confused because I reassigned the trigger key.  But it's still doing the same thing.

[Christopher Ashworth]

Hi Jason,

I just got back to a computer and tested it; worked fine on this end.

I'd be happy to take a look at your workspace -- send it to sup...@figure53.com and I or Sean or luckydave can check it out.

Best,

Chris

(mobile)